I'm gonna be at GDC next week and I don't feel ready to sell myself. I am however, very ready to make new friends.
Is that okay?

Majority of game devs I've met are very nice. AAA, indie, what have you. Great people.
But then there are those with a bit of superiority complex.

I have no doubt every dev, big or small, know of at least one person like that.

Oh, and I got my ticket to GDC! Planning on being there a couple days in the middle.
I would like to make friends that might be there. Preferably before I go.

I just remembered I have a presentation tomorrow on how to use the project management system the CEO wants everyone to use.

I'm thinking of it as a test. I'm doing things a producer might do in a game studio, even if it's not Jira. And like a game studio, no one wants to do it lol

Holy heckarooni, today has been busy!!
Got literally no art done today. Full of meetings and emails.
Setting up a project management-like tracking system for the team, getting them familiar and whatnot.
Not gonna lie, it's been a good day lol

I remember job hunting for a studio job and a job summary saying, "Employee may not work on other projects in the same discipline".
I'm not gonna name them because it was a decade ago and that's not included anymore, but I gave that a hard nope.

There's not a lot of upward mobility in my job. I likely won't have managerial experience. But my boss knows I want to be a Producer at a Game Studio.
So he's assigning project management jobs to me. Things he never has the time to implement for the team so I can have that experience 🥰

Do game studios still insert sports conversations into their meetings, or is that just normal office talk?

If yes, is it at least balanced with video game talk?

I'm starting to realize the part of my game I'm obsessing the most over is considered tech art.
The thing artists say "You want an easy in? Tech art."

So... plan? Learn C++ (which was part of the plan already.) Perfect my tech art. BOOM. Tech artist.

It's probably not that easy. Never is.

I'm starting to realize I don't know where I'd belong in a game studio team.

I've done 3D Art, 2D Art, SFX, VO Directing, Writing, lead a game jam team and won, took a class on being a game producer, and I'm interested in game design.

I feel like the poster child for Jack of All Trades.

TIL that there's a thing called a Quest Design Document.

So there's:
A Game Design Document
A Level Design Document
A Technical Design Document
A Quest Design Document

What other Design Documents are there?

Is there Narrative Design Documents or do you call them Story Bibles?

Still looking for more game devs here. I am following a lot more on Threads, which is why I am using that more, but I don't know where I will end up.

Can someone explain what is LookDev?
Is it like concept art but 3D?
How is it different from PreVis?

If I'm gonna be following the big boys, girls, and other, I wanna learn all the parts of game development.

Why does posting on here make me nervous? There's so many AAA devs who know what they're doing.
And me, just a shadow fiddling on my own game.

If you're looking for jobs in game dev here's a doc with related resources like:
Searches, Map, Lists,
Guides, Communities,
Salaries, Associations, Reports, etc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CU1H-8ZQWUPIBrT3VaUjjSMpOrarfpfhI86q8Bkpr_8/edit?usp=sharing
#GameJobs? #GameDevJobs?

You call before texting, unless you're a direct family member, good luck getting an answer.

Blocktober has kicked off and this is the first year we’re on BlueSky!

Blocktober starts on October 1st and celebrates Level Designers working in video games posting their blockouts.

Hashtags aren’t a thing here, so we’re just gonna dig around and repost Blocktober and blockout related content.

Oh no, that dreaded first post probably no one will see lol
Hi there, I'm Khro.
I'm an indie game dev working in Unreal Engine.
I'm queer and autistic, and I'm always confused, always supportive, and always looking for more dev friends.